Gravity Currents: In The Environment And The Laboratory.

John E. Simpson.

ISBN 10: 085312972X / ISBN 13: 9780853129721

Published by Ellis Horwood Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 1987

About this Item

Ex-NCAR Library copy, removed from circulation, and showing the usual marks and treatments. Else, Very Good+ to Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: mild rubbing to the lamination and light wear to the corner tips; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear - and of course the library treatments. Despite these, remains bright and clean. NOT a Remainder or Book-Club. 8vo. (9.75 x 6.85 x 0.7 inches). 244 pages. Profusely illustrated with maps, tables, graphs, drawings, and photographic images in black and white and a color frontispiece. Language: English. Weight: 18.4 ounces. Ellis Horwood Series In Environmental Science. First Edition [1987], so stated. Hardback: Pictorial Laminate Boards.

Seller Inventory # 54957

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gravity Currents: In The Environment And The Laboratory.
• Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex, England
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085312972X
• ISBN 13: 9780853129721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition [1987], so stated.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technical & Engineering

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Synopsis

This book comprehensively describes all aspects of gravity flow, a physical process in the environment that is important in many different disciplines, including meteorology, oceanography, the earth sciences and many industrial processes. The first edition of this book was very well received, and the new edition has been brought completely up to date. No other book covers a similar range of information. The new edition contains a completely new chapter on gravity currents in satellite imagery, and many new sections, including glaciers, purging in pipes, flow over porous media, and recent work on atmospheric bores and sea breezes. The physical processes of gravity currents are described with a variety of laboratory experiments, many from the author's own work. Gravity Currents is a valuable supplementary textbook for undergraduates and a reference work for research workers in a range of disciplines, including fluid mechanics, meteorology, oceanography and earth sciences. The general reader will also find much of interest, since the physics of the flows involved is clearly described, without advanced mathematics, by numerous photographs and illustrations.

Book Description

This book comprehensively describes all aspects of gravity flow, a physical process that is covered by many different disciplines, including meteorology, oceanography, the earth sciences and many industrial processes. The first edition was very well received, and the new edition has been brought completely up to date, with much new material. Gravity Currents is a valuable supplementary textbook for undergraduates and a reference work for research workers. The general reader will also find much of interest, since the physics of the flows involved is clearly described without advanced mathematics, with numerous photographs and illustrations.